Harry Truman: “The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.”

On the recordMarch 11, 1947

The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.

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Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine

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